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Mediastinal masses are discussed in more detail in Mediastinal masses.
Here is just a brief overview. #Diagnosis
Mediastinal masses ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Mediastinal #Mass ... Differential #Table #Anterior ... Middle #Posterior #RadiologyAssistant
Lung Segment Anatomy Annotated on Chest CT
Right Lung:
 • Upper Lobe: Apical, Posterior, Anterior
 • Middle
Apical, Posterior, Anterior ... Superior, Medial, Anterior ... Apicoposterior, Anterior ... #CT #CTChest #pulmonary ... #clinical #radiology
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thymus (Thymoma, carcinoma, hyperplasia, cyst)
 • Lymphoma
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Differential Diagnosis Anterior ... Sarcoma, Metastatic Lung ... spine lesions (Potts ... Differential #Diagnosis #pulmonary ... #anterior #middle
The mediastinum can be divided into an anterior, middle and posterior compartment, each with it's own
The mediastinum ... divided into an anterior ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #Anterior ... #Compartments #RadiologyAssistant
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary ... duplicated SVC) • Pulmonary ... mass • Masses: Anterior ... Differential #Diagnosis #pulmonary ... #radiology
Posterior Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurofibroma
 • Neurosarcoma
 • Neuroblastoma
 • Ganglioneuroma
 • Meningocele
Posterior Mediastinal ... • Small cell lung ... #Posterior #Mediastinal ... Differential #Diagnosis #pulmonary ... #radiology #chest
Hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy
In sarcoidosis the common pattern is right paratracheal and bilateral hilar adenopathy ('1-2-3-sign').
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Hilar and mediastinal ... In lung carcinoma ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #Mediastinal ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
heart and other mediastinal ... The anterior and ... upper lobes join anteriorly ... An important mediastinal-lung ... Clinical #Anatomy #Radiology
Radiographic Signs of Lobar Collapse
General findings to look for:
 • Crowding of ribs near collapse
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other lobes • Mediastinal ... lobar #collapse #pulmonary ... #lung #signs #radiology
The azygoesophageal recess is the region inferior to the level of the azygos vein arch in
which the right lung ... interface with the mediastinum ... between the heart anteriorly ... Clinical #Anatomy #Radiology ... Azygoesophageal #Recess #RadiologyAssistant